You mean before Ron Paul discovered the evils of the U.S government and its military industrial complex? I really don't care of Rand Paul wears an "Army Strong" t-shirt as long as he understands that if elected president he should bring all the troops home and close down all of the military bases as his father would have if elected president. But we all know that Rand rolled down the hill a little ways when he fell off the tree. I might even vote for him, as a protest vote. And if he wins, as long as I am alive I will support anyone willing to take the next step in unseating a quasi libertarian from office. There will always be a lesser of two evils in my book, until evil is purged entirely and we live in a society without a state. That won't happen in my lifetime, or probably in the history of the U.S (however long it lasts)

And Ron Paul has also said that Israel should be able to do whatever it feels it needs to defend itself without interference by the United States, and Rand's trip was privately financed so I don't know why this trip to Israel is such a problem.

Rand Paul is not in a race with Marko Rubio for President of the United States of America: but who can grovel, scrape, and genuflect to prove his worth as Benjamin Netanyahu's prison b'otch. Pull your pants up boys, we don't need to know what size Fruit of the Looms you wear!